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What rubbish. You are reading far too much Mike Carlton or Peter Hartcher.
The christian right represents a small minority within the organisation, particularly the parliamentary party. The likes of Abbott and Andrews would not have been considered leadership material without the division in the party over the ETS.
This speech from George Brandis, although long, is quite interesting.
We believe: the Liberal party and the liberal cause | The Australian
I would argue that despite more prevalent social conservatism in recent times, the centrality of freedom to the philosophy of the party remains; it just needs to be rearticulated and reformulated. Having said this, the fusion of the conservative and liberal causes shouldn't preclude the party from utilising the liberal name.
Mike Carlton...ew. Don't think so. But yeah Hartcher's pretty good sometimes.
The Christian right in the Liberal Party is really quite powerful. They have so much influence in the party. Minchin (Senate leader), Abbott (minister), Hockey (minister), Abetz (spokesman), Andrews (knob). They're all very senior, and there's many others as well. Whatever their numbers are, they have disproportionate influence within the party. Up until a little while ago, it's been shaped for 15 years by John Howard, as conservative as they come.
Please don't call the Liberal Party
actually liberal. They're not. If you must, use classical liberalism, but today's liberalism is not at all what the party stands for.
I can't say I have a lot of respect for Brandis. He seriously compared the Greens to the Nazis and wanted to ban a book coz it bagged Menzies... Although I can't fault him for the "lying rodent" line. That was quite special.
Look I tried to read it, I really did. But man he goes on, and on, and on. But I got the gist. I know what he's saying, and yeah I don't disagree at all. Economically liberal and socially conservative. But I hardly think economic policy justifies the name. After all, until John Howard, both parties' spending was more or less the same.
I stand by my sweeping statement!
Christian Conservative Party. Much better.